Biology

Cory Henn was an Iraq war veteran with a career at the New Mexico Corrections Department when he decided to pursue a degree in computer programming. After about a year and a half there he took a biology elective and found his passion, switching to The University of New Mexico to study Biology full time...

When Katie James visited UNM’s campus for the first time, the Honors College students she met gave her a piece of advice that would inform her entire college experience –– UNM has abundant resources available to students who want to use them. It was...

Growing up, Sydney Nesbit always wanted to be an architect. Or maybe a scientist. Or, both. When she arrived at the University of New Mexico, Nesbit decided on a degree in biology with a minor in honors interdisciplinary arts, but she wanted to ensure...

For the past 30 years, scientists at The University of New Mexico and throughout the world have been conducting a large-scale ecological study of the coldest place on Earth in order to understand how life exists in inhospitable environments, and...

Researchers in the Salinas Lab in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Biology have discovered an immune structure in the nasal cavities of rainbow trout that scientists previously didn’t know existed. The new knowledge will allow fish...

William Pockman, professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, has received a grant from the Department of Energy for $999,990 for a research project titled Empirical measurements and model representation of hydraulic redistribution as a control...

A team of scientists at The University of New Mexico is experimenting and learning about reforestation and the challenges presented by several environmental factors in the semi-arid southwestern United States where planted conifer seedling survival is...

Among the many programs for student researchers at The University of New Mexico, the only school in the state with the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, is the Undergraduate Research Training...

Are elephants important? How about rhinoceros? Or lions? What happens if Earth loses its last remaining large animals? New research by Professor of Biology Felisa Smith at the University of New Mexico shows the profound impacts of losing large-bodied...

In recognition of her outstanding research in Mammalogy over a period of at least 10 years, professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico Felisa Smith has received the 2022 C. Hart Merriam Award from the American Society of Mammalogists. Smith,...